Law / Polish Visa, Work Permit, Residency for Spouse of Polish Citizen [69]

Merged: Visa enquiry for Australian spouse

Hi there,

Im Australian and my fiance is Polish. We are going to be married in Aus and although we are going to reside here most likely long term

Im wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as to which websites I need to look at for information on my rights as

a non eu spouse (wife).

I dont hold a British or EU Passport, although yes I can come and go without a visa on holidays etc but I would like to know that

if anything should change and we wish to spend some time in Poland maybe living and working at some point in our marriage where do

I stand?

If anyone could please help that would be great.

p.s - Yes I have emailed the Polish Embassy and Consulate here in Australia, am waiting to hear back.

Thanks Diz

Australia / Australian Spouse Visa For The Polish [13]

Your welcome, yes I think the tourist visa is for 3 months and from what I know I think if you apply onshore for your spouse / de facto visa you will be issued with a tempory visa within a week or so of submitting your paperwork. Your Tempory Visa is valid for 2 years then pending on your relationship and everything be the same, you get issued with your Permanent Resident visa. Dont quote me but Im pretty sure thats how it works from what my friend has said and another girl I know.

Diz

Australia / Australian Spouse Visa For The Polish [13]

Hi Ian,

Im an Australian Citizen and am applying for a prospective marriage visa for Australia with my Polish fiance.

In regards to where you submit your visa depends on where you both / or they are living. My fiance and I are currently on holiday in Poland now finishing all our

paperwork off. He lives in London (me in Sydney) so he will have to send all paperwork to the Oz embassy there. If you reside in europe then it goes through Berlin from

what I have heard.

I think the Berlin office is pretty strict on what they require where as in London you do not even have to certify your relationship evidence even

though having spoken on the phone numerous times to immi in Oz and gone into the office in Syd they say its best to. They very much leave it up to your own

interpertation. So depending on which Australian embassy you apply to will have what information they require as well as the dept of immigration website which isent

very user friendly.

I think the process usually takes about 5 to 8 months at the most.

If the same applies for you as oz citizens then you can apply for a partner visa in oz or off shore from what I know. My friend married an Italian in Italy, collated all their relationship evidence from there (they had been together over a year or so), translations etc and then they applied once in Sydney. He flew in on a tourist visa. After applying in Sydney they

were granted his temporary visa a week or so later.

If you have all the required documents you wont have any troubles.

Also note that depending on when you apply there are form changes. April, July and November they update the forms.

Website - australiaforum.com.au is a good site to check out as there are lots of discussions and timelines on visas etc but it can get very overwhelming reading it all.

Hope some of this helps.
Cheers Diz